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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mo...y-every-woman-secretly-craves-a-daughter.html
Why every woman secretly craves a daughter
More British couples than ever are travelling to American fertility clinics. Why? To select the sex of their child - with 80 per cent choosing a daughter. Mum of three (one son, two girls) Beverley Turner examines the appeal of having little girls
“A son’s a son ‘til he gets a wife. A daughter’s a daughter, all of your life.”
So goes the ancient proverb; reassuring aging parents down the centuries that at least their daughter will be there to empty the bed-pan. It’s an invidious little rhyming couplet that assumes so much about gender – women are nurturing, self-sacrificing and embedded within the family unit; men are free to make their own lives, leaving the messy business of paying-back parental devotion to the girls.
But even those of us who work hard to raise compassionate sons, will accept that it’s probably, possibly, (whisper it) true. If you are a parent of both sexes, you suspect early on that it’s the girls who will eventually bring round a lasagne and book your doctor’s appointments. So, could it be, that this fear of desertion by one's children is at the heart of the news that 80 per cent of British couples travelling to one of America’s largest fertility clinics are specifically requesting female embryos?
Dr Daniel Potter treats ten British patients a month, all of who want IVF treatment only in order to select the sex of their baby. He has revealed that eight in ten of them want a girl. And that's just one clinic. Hundreds more could be travelling to others across America - indeed, the numbers are rising by 20 per cent a year. Sex selection for non-medical reasons is banned in Britain and a controversial subject.
Why every woman secretly craves a daughter
More British couples than ever are travelling to American fertility clinics. Why? To select the sex of their child - with 80 per cent choosing a daughter. Mum of three (one son, two girls) Beverley Turner examines the appeal of having little girls
“A son’s a son ‘til he gets a wife. A daughter’s a daughter, all of your life.”
So goes the ancient proverb; reassuring aging parents down the centuries that at least their daughter will be there to empty the bed-pan. It’s an invidious little rhyming couplet that assumes so much about gender – women are nurturing, self-sacrificing and embedded within the family unit; men are free to make their own lives, leaving the messy business of paying-back parental devotion to the girls.
But even those of us who work hard to raise compassionate sons, will accept that it’s probably, possibly, (whisper it) true. If you are a parent of both sexes, you suspect early on that it’s the girls who will eventually bring round a lasagne and book your doctor’s appointments. So, could it be, that this fear of desertion by one's children is at the heart of the news that 80 per cent of British couples travelling to one of America’s largest fertility clinics are specifically requesting female embryos?
Dr Daniel Potter treats ten British patients a month, all of who want IVF treatment only in order to select the sex of their baby. He has revealed that eight in ten of them want a girl. And that's just one clinic. Hundreds more could be travelling to others across America - indeed, the numbers are rising by 20 per cent a year. Sex selection for non-medical reasons is banned in Britain and a controversial subject.
